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4/12/12 at 7:56pm

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My Pekin is now almost 6 weeks old and the two older Mallards are almost 5 weeks old. All 3 are almost completely feathered, so it feels weird still calling them ducklings. So when exactly are they no longer ducklings?

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When they lay eggs?

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5 Black Sexlink, 3 Red Sexlink, 1 New Hampshire Red, 1 Cockoo Maran, 2 Delaware, 6 Rhode Island Red, 1 RIR Rooster, 7 Pekin Ducks, 1 Cayuga Duck, 1 Guinea Fowl, 17 Californian Rabbits.

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They become "fledglings" around 60 days

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When their juvenile plumage comes in, I call them juveniles.

I only call them ducklings while they are fluffy.

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